Stolen Roosters
By YoghurtGal
@flapiz (22402)
United Kingdom
July 21, 2019 7:31am CST
My dad is very passionate about roosters. He spends a lot of his time and money taking care of these roosters which he enters in Derbies and gets money back from. We have this joke that those roosters are our youngest sibling considering how my dad takes care of them.
Today we discovered 4 of his babies got stolen in the wee hours of the morning. Our little puppy tried to warn us and was barking around 1 AM in the morning but since he also barks at neighbouring dogs and cat he was ignored. So my dad lost 12,000 worth of roosters.
We tried to check the CCTV footage but the perpetrators seem to be aware of their placements so we found none. Now we are worrying they are going to be regular thieves since they already succeeded once and there is still more roosters in the yard.
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
21 Jul 19
That is a big loss! I'm so sorry that this happened. 
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@flapiz (22402)
• United Kingdom
21 Jul 19
@1hopefulman True. Gone are the days when you can just leave your house open to all. Gone are the days when people looks out for each other.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Jul 19
Are you sure it was a human thief and not an animal thief? We have foxes and coyotes here that regular attack and kill hens, chickens and roosters. Even raccoons will eat chickens.
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@flapiz (22402)
• United Kingdom
21 Jul 19
It’s a human thief. Firstly, there where no traces of struggle. Also there have always been neighbouring animals coming in like neighbours dog coming in but they never touched the chicken. Also if it was an animal thief I doubt it will stop with only 4. And lastly we don’t really have coyotes and racoons here.
Although I’ve heard of feral dog attacks in another town before. But they ate like witches and the scene was bloody.
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@flapiz (22402)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul 19
@moffittjc I am doubting it. Our neighbour had been robbed chicken too. Multiple if times.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
22 Jul 19
@flapiz I hope you are able to catch the thief!
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@psanasangma (5884)
• India
22 Jul 19
I hope its not some kind of reptiles near farm areas. Sometimes they are eaten by them
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@flapiz (22402)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul 19
@psanasangma Yeah sounds like someone who knows the farm. He took out the good roosters.
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@psanasangma (5884)
• India
22 Jul 19
@flapiz ! hmm Sounds smart thief must have stolen. We need to take of everything because of some cruel human
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
22 Jul 19
Your dad should put more CCTV for security. Or place the roosters on a secured place.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
22 Jul 19
@flapiz my sister told me that her husband's rooster and hen were poisoned.
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@flapiz (22402)
• United Kingdom
21 Jul 19
Exactly and it seems like they have made this their
modus. We found out today that some chicken breeders have recurrent incidents of theft. It looks like an organised crime. They probably operate in groups.
@flapiz (22402)
• United Kingdom
21 Jul 19
Exactly they don’t even consider the labour and effort of others. If they want roosters they could start from scratch too. My dad spends sleepless nights treating his chickens when they get sick. He even regularly bathes them. And then this people just come and reap what he’s sown.
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